Got $5,000? 3 Tech Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Long Term

For quite some time now, tech stocks have been the poster child for growth stocks. Total returns for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index are up around 350% in the past decade, compared with around 230% for the more diversified S 500 over the same timeframe.

Regardless of tech's great run, many companies have blossomed and then have fallen by the wayside. Despite the huge return potential of some tech stocks, you don't want to lose sight of the long term and invest in companies without staying power.

If you have $5,000 available to invest that isn't needed to reduce short-term debt or build an emergency fund, here are three tech stocks that are great long-term options.

Source Fool.com